Detective in the Red Chamber

But I heard Qiu Yunfei proudly say, "When the official brought that Miss Wen back, he already had the brothers of the Tian family brought to the morgue——just after the identification of the corpses, I have already asked the case clearly by the way!"

As he spoke, he took out a booklet from his sleeve, and offered it with both hands, "Here is Tian Biao's confession."

tsk~

This kid is really fast and resolute in his errands.

Sun Shaozong took the confession and looked at it at a glance.

But it turned out that because of the flood last year, Wen Shijie, who looked exactly like Song Changgeng, had to take his younger sister Wen Shishi to live in the capital, living a precarious and miserable life.

About half a year ago, Wen Shijie met Tian Biao by chance on the street. At first there was a misunderstanding, and then Tian Biao came up with the idea of ​​"Li Daitao stiff".

At the beginning, Wen Shijie heard that he was going to pretend to be someone else's husband and take Xu's family property as his own, so he immediately scolded Tian Biao and refused to join him in whatever he said.

However, not long after, Wen Shijie's younger sister, Wen Shishi, became seriously ill. Seeing that her younger sister was suffering from a serious illness, but he was unable to seek medical treatment for her, Wen Shijie felt like a knife was piercing his heart every day, and finally had to agree. Tian Biao's request.

And it was agreed with him that after the matter is completed, Wen Shijie can get Song Changgeng's house, and as for the tea shop, he will donate it to Tian Biao for free.

So after nearly two months of surprise training, Wen Shijie formally appeared in front of Xu as 'Song Changgeng'.

In fact, according to Tian Biao's intention, Wen Shijie should find a reason to divorce Xu when he arrived at Xu's house as soon as possible, so that a dove can occupy the magpie's nest.

But Wen Shijie was trying to drive ducks to the shelves, and he was always short of breath. He couldn't drive Xu out of the house for two months. Instead, he was confused by her beauty and rolled out of the bed in a daze.

Unexpectedly, after lingering all night, Mrs. Xu discovered something strange.

In a panic, Wen Shijie had no choice but to divorce his wife. Whoever wanted to be pushed and shoved, died accidentally under Xu's knife, and became a romantic ghost in a daze.

When Tian Biao heard about this, he immediately encouraged the whole family to join the battle, hoping to put Xu's family to death so that he could swallow all Song Changgeng's family property.

tsk~

Judging from Tian Biao's confession, this Wen Shijie is actually not bad in nature, but it's a pity that he got involved in right and wrong for no reason, and lost Qingqing's life in the end.

Sun Shaozong sighed secretly, and then asked, "Did Miss Wen arrange..."

"You won't worry about this matter, my lord."

Qiu Yunfei hurriedly said, "As soon as Lao Xu saw that Miss Wen, he couldn't walk on both legs, and now he was booing and asking for warmth——I've known him for more than half a year, and it's the first time I've seen him talk so well!"

Although Lao Xu's family is well-off and his appearance is not bad, but because of his special occupation and being too dull, he has always been in the state of an old leftover man. If he can form a marriage based on this, it would be very good.

"In that case."

Sun Shaozong got up and said, "Then put Tian Biao in custody temporarily, and he will be promoted to court tomorrow to close the case."

As he said that, he prepared to go back to the house and change into casual clothes, so that he could go to the Rongguo Mansion for an appointment.

Unexpectedly, Qiu Yunfei caught up again, rubbing his hands and said, "Then what, my lord, you also know that this time it was thanks to Hong Jiu's tip-off, otherwise..."

"how?"

Sun Shaozong stopped, frowned and said, "Do you want to take credit for him? Is it his own intention, or..."

"It's not an invitation."

Qiu Yunfei hurriedly explained, "On the way here, this kid asked me when Mrs. Xu would be acquitted and released. I saw that he seemed to be thinking about Mrs. Xu, so he promised that as long as the truth can be found out today, Mrs. Xu will be released first." Go home—now Hong Jiu is waiting outside like a dog."

got~

This Shuntian Mansion is almost catching up with the matchmaking.

But since Hong Jiu made a contribution, this trivial matter is nothing—anyway, if he was too defensive and killed the thief, at most he would be fined some money, and there was no need to continue to detain Xu.

So Sun Shaozong simply waved his hand and said, "Since you have agreed, let him be fulfilled—I will issue a handout to release that Xu family."

Not to mention how to release Xu.

But outside the gate of the mansion, Hong Jiu was also talking like a tongue, chatting with Xu's cousin in full swing.

It turned out that after he got Qiu Yunfei's promise, he couldn't help being overjoyed at first, but later he felt that he was alone to meet Mrs. Xu, which seemed a bit awkward, especially since it was not convenient for this lonely man and widow to speak.

Therefore, Hong Jiu specially ordered someone to invite Xu's cousin, and first recounted his achievements with embellishment and jealousy.

In this way, even if he couldn't get the chance to speak with Mrs. Xu, he could still reach Mrs. Mrs. Xu's ears through his cousin's mouth.

When Xu's cousin heard what he said, he naturally thanked him without saying a word, and because of Hong Jiu's intentional fawning, it didn't take long for the two to see each other rather late.

At this moment, a weaker figure Tingting approached, but who else could it be if it wasn't Mrs. Xu?

Seeing that her face was a bit haggard, but she showed my pity even more, Hong Jiu's heart couldn't stop beating wildly, and she subconsciously took a few steps forward.

Who would have thought that at this welcome, Xu's face showed a bright and eye-catching smile, and he also picked up the hem of his skirt and quickened his pace!

Could it be that Mr. Qiu has already informed her of his achievements, so she also secretly promised him? !

Thinking of this, Hong Jiuzhi's heart almost jumped out of his mouth with excitement, he was hesitating whether he should put on a chivalrous demeanor of 'it's over, brush your clothes off', or show the tenderness of a tough man.

Unexpectedly, a person suddenly jumped out from behind, and shouted excitedly, "Susu, I knew you were wronged!"

Who is this?

Just now it seemed that he was standing next to cousin Xu, could it be that he was also Xu's cousin?

Just as he was trying to figure out the identity of this person, Xu's eyes burst into tears, and he choked up and called out, "Zhou Lang, I... I almost thought that I would never see you again in this life!"

While speaking, the two of them hugged each other tightly!

Zhou...Zhou Lang?

Could it be the Zhou Xiucai who talked about marriage with Xu back then? !

In an instant, Hong Jiu's heart, which had jumped to his throat, quickly slid down the esophagus, and then fell to pieces in his stomach with a 'click'.

Chapter 417

Rongguo Mansion, Grand View Garden, Lotus Root Champs.

Qingwen was absent-minded, and placed several river lanterns on the bamboo bridge. Seeing that one of the wicks was a little skewed, she stuck her three-foot-long red nails in and carefully straightened the wick.

Then she stared at the wick and became stunned.

Seeing Qiuwen and Biyue at the back, they knew that she was unhappy recently, so they didn't dare to provoke her, so they just led a few maidservants and silently placed hundreds of river lanterns on both sides of the main bridge one by one.

"It can be regarded as fiddled with."

About half an hour later, Qiu Wen couldn't help cheering, beat his back and complained half-truthfully, "This is really the master talking, and the servant broke his leg!"

Because Jia Baoyu was going to have a banquet for Sun Shaozong in the peach blossom forest at night, he felt that the scenery was not good enough, so he had a whim, and ordered people to prepare a batch of river lanterns on the bamboo bridge upstream, and set them off one by one during the dinner, and then let them drift down. It can be regarded as a little fun.

It's just that his whimsical little taste was exchanged for more than a dozen liang of silver, and the maids had been busy for a long time.

Qiuwen was complaining, but suddenly Qingwen sighed softly, "We slaves, why are we afraid of breaking our legs? We are afraid that if we run and break our legs, we will complain all over!"

With his back turned to her, Qiu Wen stuck out his tongue, but he didn't dare speak at all.

Half a month ago when Jia Baoyu was beaten, Mrs. Wang felt distressed, and she didn't want to quarrel with Jia Zheng, so she spread all her evil fire on the big maids, scolding them for their daily routine. The lack of guidance has caused Jia Baoyu to have many messy problems.

It was a common occurrence in the mansion that the master's family angered the servants, and it was nothing at all—it was just that Mrs. Wang had always disliked Qingwen, so most of the words with guns and sticks were aimed at her.

However, although Qingwen was a maid, she was full of arrogance, and was severely ridiculed. Although she still didn't dare to refute, she refused to say a word if she was soft.

What is Mrs. Wang's identity?

How can I tolerate a mere maid who refuses to accept it in front of me? !

If Yuanyang hadn't happened to come to visit at that time and said a few nice words for Qingwen, she would have been kicked out immediately!

Because of this incident, Qingwen's temper has become more and more frequent recently. Baoyu is not at fault. How can others dare to provoke her indiscriminately?

But she said that Qingwen saw that Qiuwen was wilting and not Qiuer, so she didn't know how to respond, so she got into the horns again, thinking to herself that Xiren, Qiuwen, and Biyue had all had sex with Baoyu before, and she was only mixed with her. Inside, he is an outsider who doesn't know anything.

Thinking of it like this, I feel that life is boring.

So he straightened his clothes, and ordered lightly, "You guys stay here, and when the second master sends someone to send a message, follow the previous instructions and start lowering the river lanterns."

After the little maidservants obediently responded, Qingwen went downstream without saying hello to Qiuwen and Biyue.

"Sister Qingwen is also true."

When she left on her own, Biyue couldn't help complaining, "It's not our fault that Madam let her down? Who are you showing your face to all day long!"

Qiu Wen hastily pushed her away, then glanced at the little maids, Biyue shut her mouth unconvinced, and chased up with Qiu Wen.

However, the three of them rushed to the peach blossom forest, and saw Jia Baoyu running around in the gazebo like an ant on a hot pot, while Jia Yun, the cheap son, was kneeling in front of him, looking at a loss for what to do. appearance.

What's the trouble with this?

Qingwen rushed forward to find the attacker to find out what happened.

After asking, I realized that there was something wrong with the kitchen, and all the food and drinks that were originally prepared were cut off in one go.

The richer the family's banquet, the more meticulously crafted it is, and the heat is more important. It is difficult to reorganize it in such a hurry—not to mention that apart from the food and wine, even the few cooks in the other courtyard were all killed. Seconded out!

"Who is so courageous?!"

Bi Yue said indignantly, "Isn't this intentional to put eye drops on our second master?"

Xiren smiled wryly, shook his head and said, "It may not be for our second master..."

Biyue hadn't figured out the meaning of these words, but Qingwen suddenly realized, she stretched out her hand and pointed to the southeast, and said in a low voice, "Could it be that Second Master Lian's jealousy has come up again?"

Xiren smiled wryly again, but it was an acquiescence.

Since Jia Lian was playing tricks behind the scenes, it's no wonder that Jia Baoyu was running around in a hurry in the gazebo, but it was hard to snatch the food and wine back.

But when everyone was at a loss what to do, they saw another group of people coming from a distance, and it was Xue Baochai and Ying'er who led the way.

Xiren, Qingwen and others hurriedly came forward to greet her. Jia Baoyu saw her in the pavilion, and rushed out to greet her, wondering, "Why is Sister Bao here?"

Xue Baochai covered her mouth with a round fan and said with a smile, "I heard that Brother Bao personally cooked a pot of raw rice to entertain his savior, so I was very curious, so I came here to have a look."

Jia Baoyu's face flushed, and he smiled awkwardly and said, "I'm almost dying of worry here, why is Sister Bao still making fun of me?"

Ying'er chuckled at the side, and said crisply, "Second Master has misunderstood our girl. Our girl heard that you are in trouble, so she hastily asked someone to bring something over to rescue her."

"Don't talk nonsense, what is rescued is not rescued."

Xue Baochai gestured behind her with her round fan, pointed to a few women who were carrying bamboo baskets and said, "It's just a coincidence, your elder brother Xue just sent some baskets of shrimps over. I just want to borrow your help."

After a pause, she continued, "Although this item is not expensive, it is not common in the capital—besides, I once heard from my brother that Mr. Sun loves seafood the most, and this item should suit his appetite."

After Jia Baoyu heard this, he quickly ran over to open the bamboo basket to check, and saw that it was densely packed with Pippi shrimps with their teeth and claws, and they were snuggled up with ice cubes, which looked very fresh.

Immediately, he was overjoyed, turned around and grabbed Xue Baochai's Rouyi, and blurted out, "Sister is really a living Bodhisattva who rescues the suffering. Today I accept my sister's love, and I will be happy someday. Thank you, sister!"

Even though they are sisters and cousins, Xue Baochai couldn't help but blushed when Jia Baoyu suddenly grabbed her little hand, stomped her feet and spat, "Bah~ You don't have a clue in your mouth, so you've offended the Bodhisattva again." gone."

This embarrassing spit immediately overflowed with amorous feelings.

Jia Baoyu saw that her face was like a silver basin, her eyes were like apricots, her lips were not smudged but red, her eyebrows were not painted but green, she had a different kind of charm than Lin Daiyu. stunned.

Xue Baochai was getting more and more embarrassed by him, and she was about to pull out her hand, but she couldn't move it. When she was in this dilemma, Qingwen suddenly heard Jingwen say, "Ah! Miss Lin, when did you come?!"

Suddenly Jia Baoyu felt like an electric shock, and hastily threw away Rouyi who had pushed Xue Baochai away.

Looking back, I saw Lin Daiyu standing not far away, with a happy smile on her face, but a few slender fingers twisted the veil into wrinkles.

"Lin...Sister Lin, I just..."

"I didn't come at the right time."

Jia Baoyu and Ai Ai wanted to explain clearly, but Lin Daiyu didn't even look at him, she just smiled and said to Baochai, "Otherwise, Sister Bao's Buddha's light shines all over, and it will be able to save a dumb swallow!"

Xue Baochai shook his head and laughed, "He's talking nonsense, why is my sister making fun of Bodhisattva?"

Lin Daiyu covered her mouth, and said with a grin, "What is a Bodhisattva? If my sister gave him a few more baskets of crabs, I'm afraid even the Tathagata Buddha would become possessed!"

The two were chatting and laughing, Jia Baoyu was caught in the middle, but it was like sitting on pins and needles.

Chapter 418 Rongguo Mansion Under the Night

The lights are on.

Wang Xifeng came out of the bath, wrapped her tender body in a dark purple robe, was led by Ping'er into the outer hall, and leaned lazily on the couch, immediately a maid came over with some dry towels, and carefully put them on the bed. The full head of hair snuggled dry.

Another servant girl stepped forward and held up two long legs that looked like white jade pillars, waiting to be deliberated and kneaded.

"okay."

But Wang Xifeng retracted her legs into the robe, leaving only two tender lotus-like feet exposed, and said casually, "You guys go down first and wait."

The four maids and two women immediately bowed to the door.